Tag Archives: caribbean

Barbados Getting Ready To Store Emergency Power In Big Batteries.

Barbados is a step closer to launching its first procurement project for Battery Energy Storage Systems to support the grid and unlock stalled Solar PhotoVoltaic (PV) connections that will allow solar energy to be fed into the national electrical grid. The Ministry of Energy and Business is currently hosting a three-day Procurement Design Workshop with […]

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Biden Calls For American Revolution Mark II To Reform Supreme Court.

President Joe Biden has published an extraordinary column–known as an op-ed piece in the US, in the Washington Post in which he calls for radical reforms to the United States Supreme Court, the body of judges that has the power to strike down laws in the United States. Biden wants to end criminal immunity for […]

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Venezuela Went To The Polls Yesterday And Both Sides Have Claimed Victory.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro won election to a new term, the country’s election authority said early Monday, after a vote in which the opposition also expressed confidence that it had won a massive 70% of the vote. International leaders have expressed scepticism about the validity of the vote tally. The National Electoral Council released its […]

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There’s Honey In The Money Spent Restoring Mangroves In Guyana.

The government of Guyana has committed over 1.9 billion dollars* to restoration of mangroves and protecting the coast of the inhabited areas that are below sea level. This is according to Jagnarine Singh, Chief Executive Officer of National Agriculture Research, Extension Institute (NAREI), as he spoke at the National Mangroves Exhibition. The event was held […]

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Risk Of Escalation In Mid-East War After Rocket Kills Child Soccer Players In Golan Heights.

World leaders were calling yesterday for Israeli leaders to show restraint as funerals have been taking place for the victims of a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that it was important to prevent the situation from escalating given how it was affecting people on both sides […]

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Venezuelans Go To Polls Today In Election Ruling Party President Has Sworn To Win ‘By Hook Or By Crook.’

Venezuelan voters go to the polls today with the possibility of removing the government of President Nicolas Maduro whose period of office has seen an alarming economic collapse in the South American nation that has the world’s largest oil reserves. There were reported to be long lines at polling stations as early as 3:00 a.m. […]

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Barbados Caring Deficit Greater Than Fiscal Deficit, Says Elder Affairs Minister.

Barbados Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, says that local families are not doing enough to care for their elderly and people with  disabilities. He expressed this recently while witnessing the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the National Assistance Board and the National Transformation Initiative, at the Warren’s Office Complex, […]

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Kamala Harris And Donald Trump Agree About One Thing–The War In Israel Must End Sooner Or Later.

With reports of 30 people being killed in an attack on a school in Gaza this week, taking the total since October 7th to at least 39,000 dead–though it is not known how many of these are combatants and how many civilians–the world continues to be sick of the killing which Israel says is necessary […]

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Singing In The Rain–Olympics Opening Parade Rained On.

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics took place yesterday all across Paris, but principally along the scenic course of the River Seine through the historic center of the city. As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings included an artistic program showcasing the culture of the host country and city, the parade of […]

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